By PHIL REHARD

The “electrifying” and “masterful”
Bergonzi String Quartet will perform the final two concerts of the
2012-13 Slee/Beethoven String Quartet Cycle at 7:30 p.m. April 4 in
Baird Recital Hall, 250 Baird Hall, and at 7:30 p.m. April 5 in
Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall. Both halls are on the North
Campus.

The Bergonzi String Quartet is no stranger to the Beethoven
quartets, having performed the whole cycle—six
concerts—three consecutive years at the Society of the Four
Arts in Palm Beach.

When the quartet last visited Buffalo, Herman Trotter, critic
emeritus for The Buffalo News, wrote that the Bergonzi gave a
“pulsing, throbbing, exciting performance.”

In addition to the pair of concerts, the quartet will take
part in a master class, free and open to the public, from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on April 6 in Baird Recital Hall.

The program for the April 4 concert features “Quartet in A
Major, Op. 18, No. 5” and “Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.
130.” The following night, the quartet will perform
“Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4”; “Quartet in
F Major, Op. 135”; and “Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No.
2.”

Advanced tickets for each concert are $12 for adults, $9 for
faculty/staff/alumni and senior citizens, and $5 for
students. Tickets at the door are $20, $15 and $8.
Tickets may be obtained by calling the Slee Hall box office at
645-2921, in person or by calling the Center for the Arts box
office at 645-2787, or online at tickets.com.

The Bergonzi String Quartet, named for the famous violin
maker, Carlo Bergonzi, has been quartet-in-residence since 1992 at
the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, where all
four members—Glenn Basham and Scott Flavin, violins; Pamela
McConnell, viola; and Ross Harbaugh, cello—are faculty
members.

In addition to the works of Beethoven, the quartet has developed
a repertoire that includes many Latin works and a large number of
original arrangements created by quartet members, including
Schubert's "Erlkonig," "Saint-Saëns's "Carnival
of the Animals for String Quartet and 12 Instruments" and Neil
Hefti's "What is this thing called Love?"

Touring the U.S. annually, the Bergonzi performs in Miami,
Boston, New York City, Michigan, Wisconsin, Connecticut and
Colorado, and has been invited to perform in Singapore, Taiwan and
South Korea.

During the summer, it is in residence at the Pine Mountain Music
Festival and the Rocky Mountain Summer Conservatory.

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